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Animals and Their Young

A quick list of animals and what their young is called, plus free worksheets to help kids master the most common young animals' names.

What are animal babies called?

Do you know what a young horse is called? How about a baby deer?

The chart below lists down the names of animals and their young.

Animal

Young

aardvark

cub

alligator

hatchling

alpaca

cria

anteater

pup

antelope

calf

ape

baby / child / infant

armadillo

pup/baby

ass

foal

baboon

infant

badger

cub / kit

bat

pup

bear

cub

beaver

kit / kitten / pup

bird

chick

bison

calf

boar (wild pig)

piglet / farrow

bobcat

bobkitten

buffalo

calf

butterfly

caterpillar

camel

calf

capybara

pup

caribou

calf

cat

kitten / kit

cheetah

cub

chicken

chick

chimpanzee

infant

cockroach

nymph

cod

codling

cormorant

chick / shaglet

cougar

cub / kitten

cow

calf

coyote

pup / puppy / cub / whelp

crab

zoea

cricket

nymph

crocodile

hatchling

deer

fawn

dingo

pup

dog

puppy / pup / whelp

dolphin

calf / pup

donkey

foal

dragonfly

nymph

duck

duckling

dugong

calf

eagle

eaglet / fledgling

elephant

calf

elephant seal

calf

elk

calf

falcon

eyas

ferret

kit

fish

fry / fingerling

fox

cub / kit / pup

frog

tadpole / froglet

gecko

hatchling

giant panda

cub

giraffe

calf

goat

kid

goose

gosling

gorilla

infant

grasshopper

nymph

guinea fowl

keet

guinea pig

pup

hare

leveret

hawk

eyas

hedgehog

hoglet

hippopotamus

calf

horse

foal / colt (male) / filly (female)

jaguar

cub

kangaroo

joey

koala

joey

lemur

infant

leopard

cub

lion

cub

manatee

calf

meerkat

meerkitten

monkey

infant

moose

calf

mosquito

nymph / wriggler

narwhal

calf

octopus

fry

opossum

joey

otter

pup / whelp

owl

owlet / fledgling

oyster

spat

panther

cub

penguin

chick / nestling

pig

piglet

polar bear

cub

rabbit

bunny

rhinoceros

calf

sea lion

pup / calf

shark

pup / cub

shrew

shrewlet

snake

snakelet

spider

spiderling

swan

cygnet / flapper

tiger

cub

toad

tadpole / toadlet

turkey

poult

turtle

hatchling

walrus

calf

whale

calf

wolf

pup / cub / puppy / whelp

wolverine

kit / whelp

zebra

foal / colt (male) / filly (female)

You can download a printable copy of this Animals and Their Young Ones chart here: Animals and Their Young Ones List PDF 

See if you can answer the following questions about animals and their young.

What animal baby / animal young is called a kid?
Goat and ibex babies are called kids.

What animal babies / animals’ young are called kits?
The young of these animals are called kits (although they may be called by other names too): badger, beaver, cat, chinchilla, coati, ferret, fisher, fox, genet, kinkajou, mink, rabbit, raccoon, skunk, squirrel, weasel, and wolverine.

What animal babies are called calves?
A lot of animals’ young are called calves, including: antelope, bison, buffalo, camel, caribou, chamois, cow (and cattle in general), deer, dolphin, dugong, eland, elephant, elephant seal, elk, gaur, gazelle, giraffe, gnu, hippopotamus, impala, Komodo dragon, kouprey, kudu, lechwe, manatee, moose, narwhal, okapi, oryx (gemsbok), porpoise, red deer, reindeer, rhinoceros, sassaby, sea lion, tapir, topi, vicuña, walrus, water buffalo, whale, and yak.

What animal babies / animals’ young are called pups?
The babies of the following animals may be called pups: anteater, armadillo, bat, beaver, capybara, coati, coyote, dhole, dingo, dog, dolphin, fox, gerbil, guinea pig, hamster, hedgehog, hyena, jackal, kinkajou, mole, mongoose, mouse, otter, porcupine, prairie dog, pug, rat, sea lion, seal, shark, sloth, squirrel, weasel, and wolf.

What animal babies are called cubs?
These animals’ young are called cubs: aardvark, badger, bear, binturong, cheetah, cougar, coyote, fox, giant panda, hyena, jaguar, leopard, lion, mink, panther, polar bear, raccoon, red panda, shark, tiger, and wolf.

What animal babies / animals’ young are called kittens?
The term kitten can be used to refer to the young of these animals: beaver, bobcat (specifically, bobkitten), caracal, cat*, cougar, kodkod, lynx, margay, meerkat (specifically, meerkitten), mouse, ocelot, oncilla, rabbit, rat, serval, sloth, and squirrel.
* Generally, the young of smaller cats are called kittens, while those of bigger cats are called cubs.

What animal babies are called joeys?
It isn’t just young kangaroos that are called joeys. The term also applies to the babies of: kangaroo, koala, opossum, wallaby, and wombat.

What animal babies are called puggles?
Young echidna are sometimes called puggles but this is not an official term.

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Animals and Their Young: Worksheet

You can download a printable copy of this worksheet here: Animals Babies Worksheet for Kindergarten and Grade 1 to 3 PDF 

Animals and Their Young: Quiz

You can download a printable copy of this quiz here: Animal Young Ones Quiz PDF 

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